Chapter 229. With Tran: Hell (2)
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
This is a place where you don’t know the name of hell.
Hellgate was spinning in the air.
like an angry beast.
It groaned and spewed out flames.
Then another object (?) was also spit out.
It was Lloyd and Xaviel.
“…Oops!”
Lloyd managed to keep his balance.
I avoided the situation of being hit on the butt and landed stably.
Immediately after that, I unknowingly shrank one foot.
“Aww!”
Cheeik!
A half-melted, flowing rock.
The bottom of the right shoe she had stepped on was slightly scorched before she knew it.
‘omg.’
It’s a real inferno here.
Lloyd stuck out his tongue and looked around.
Then, I suddenly remembered the things I had experienced right before I crossed over to Hell through Hell Gate.
♣
“If you do, Lloyd Frontera. Are you going straight to hell?”
“It is, Your Highness.”
“You are fair. It would be nice if I could lend a hand to the cleanup here and go.”
“I’ll leave the grime, Your Highness.”
“is it.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
Respectfully, he bowed his head.
A bitter smile crept across the king’s lips.
A slightly sad smile.
she shrugged.
“but. Since he received a request from a dragon, it is only natural that he would want to deal with it. Fortunately, given the scale of the situation, it seems that not many people were seriously injured or killed.”
It’s not that it wasn’t, it was right after the bone dragon was installed.
However, the damage was not severe.
The chief court wizard who was sacrificed by Bone Dragon for the first time.
And except for a few guardsmen, there were almost no casualties.
“This is all thanks to you.”
“that….”
“no. There’s no need to deny it. Isn’t it because you brought out a big beaver and induced the guests to run away?”
“….”
“What if it hadn’t been for your actions? Numerous guests must have been caught up in the situation and sacrificed. Jim truly appreciates your courage and initiative.”
“Your last name is ruined.”
“Tsk. A castle that is not even in his heart.”
“….”
“At times like this, it’s so nasty that I want to send it to hell in a different way.”
“….”
King over there.
Let’s talk about the hilt.
Lloyd gave an awkward smile.
In fact, he knew well the heart of the king who cared for him.
A dependable trustworthy servant.
A vassal who is quick-witted and has no ambitions.
It will never be easy to get a servant who has all of those conditions.
No, because finding such a talented person would be close to a miracle in itself.
Because you wouldn’t want to miss someone like that.
So it must be a pity.
Because of the strong power of this side.
Now I can’t eat it on my own.
I can’t help it, and it must be a pity.
That’s why he must have bothered to make such a bone-chilling joke.
‘Well, it’s a little funny that I self-evaluate myself as such a talented person.’
In the first place, he is just a person with a little bit of knowledge that is not in this ordinary world.
Notice and sense?
Most of them were things that I was able to demonstrate because I knew a little more about the setting and future of this place by reading the novel Iron Blooded Knight.
So Lloyd never overestimated himself.
No, on the contrary, I decided to save myself even more.
‘You can’t go out on top just because you’re doing well. There are so many cases in history where life ended after that.’
I thought that was the same even now when I was under the command of Bondragon and Grand Master Xaviel.
no matter how well it goes
Even if you have strong forces.
It’s a world where you can get really unlucky and absurd assassination endings.
Because there’s no guarantee that that won’t happen.
So he swore to himself never to lose Chuck with the king.
It was the same even now.
“Your Highness, can’t I return to your side again only if I go to hell the way I chose?”
“…is it.”
“Yes, it is.”
“But if you are, even if you are decapitated, you will be able to seduce the demons of hell and come back to life.”
“You are exaggerating too much, Your Highness.”
“okay?”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“Because you keep being so clever, you want to test it even more.”
“….”
“Don’t worry. It’s a joke.”
“Your last name is ruined.”
“If you truly care about Seong-eun, please come back safely to Jim.”
“I will keep this in mind, Your Highness.”
I want to come back.
that’s the truth
I don’t want to do crazy things like staying in a hellish place for a long time.
So, Lloyd helped with a bit of follow-up.
In the aftermath of the 3,000 ton hip body press, he brought a limp.
After he was well cared for and appeased, he entrusted it to the king.
And Pudongi and Bangbangi kept all of Hamangi and Kkomingi in their inside pockets.
Bone Dragon was ordered to stand by.
“You stick around for a bit.”
creak?
The Bone Dragon tilted its huge head.
It looked like a pure, large dog trying to understand what its owner was saying.
A bitter smile bloomed on Lloyd’s lips.
“People here will react furiously when they see you. you will be scared Don’t you hate that too?”
Creeping! Creeping!
The bone dragon nodded violently with its huge head.
said Lloyd.
“That’s it. I’m hiding near the royal road until I go to hell. inconspicuously. If possible, it would be better to take a dip in the deserted sea.”
Creeping!
“are you okay. still don’t die Aren’t you breathing?”
Creeping!
“Even if kids like Giga Titan attack, you just have to hit them. You are stronger.”
Creeping!
“okay. I’ll be back soon. promise.”
…For some reason, I felt that the new personality of the bone dragon, which was created as a result of being subordinated to the undead control skill, was like a large puppy.
Only after hearing the promise from this side did the Bone Dragon fly up as if relieved.
The king also flew towards the northern sea.
I did a rough follow-up.
The rest was left to the king.
“Then I will go.”
So I moved to Hellgate.
He crossed over to Hell side by side with Xaviel.
“…Whoa.”
Even while I was lost in thought for a moment, my nose tingled.
‘The smell of completely rotten eggs is coming from everywhere.’
A rotten, yet pungent scent that pierces the mucous membranes of the nose.
It was full of the smell of sulfur.
The scenery was no less.
Almost everywhere the eye could see was a volcano.
Mountain ranges large and small flowed lava like milk cartons bursting from the side.
grass? vegetation? fresh tree?
It didn’t even exist.
The sky was all black with soot.
Is that why?
“Keuheumheum kuluk kolok.”
Xaviel, who was by his side, coughed intentionally.
Perhaps he wasn’t used to this smoke-filled air.
On the other hand, what about Lloyd?
It was perfectly fine.
‘It’s roughly similar to the air in Seoul.’
To be precise, it was as smoky as the streets of Hongik University in Seoul on the day when ultrafine dust soared to the maximum level.
‘Anyway, I went around without a mask because I didn’t have money back then.’
It was fine dust that was bad for the body, but there was no way to escape.
At least on the day I was lucky enough to pick up a dust mask at the site, it was okay.
When even that was unavailable, I just had to believe in a strong windpipe and endure it bare-bones.
Thanks to this, the lungs in his chest, which had been trained countless times, showed their true value (?) here in hell.
“Tsk. Are you just choking on this?”
“…Big hum! That’s not coloc!”
“Ugh. It’s called the Grand Master.”
“….”
“But can’t you stand this?”
“…Coke!”
“Tsk. A weak plant-like guy who has been sniffing clean air all his life.”
“….”
Lloyd smirked.
Even a grand master needs time to adjust to air pollution. He laughed when he discovered that he was superior to Xaviel in this way.
That wasn’t the only good news for him.
Ding dong!
A beep sounded out of nowhere.
An unexpected message flashed before my eyes.
[The tribute you have, < Western Master's Divine Water > takes effect.]
[You have now entered an area where the average annual temperature is over 40 degrees Celsius. As a result, the praise of ‘the dead water of the western country’s master’ was triggered. While staying in this area, you will not suffer from dehydration under any circumstances.]
‘Ool.’
Lloyd’s eyes lit up as he read the message.
‘Somehow it hasn’t been that hot since before.’
It was from the first time I came to hell a little while ago.
I didn’t feel very hot for coming to a place where volcanoes and lava were scattered all over the place.
I wasn’t sweating or anything.
It seemed that it was thanks to the praise.
‘You did a good job making qanat for the sultan in the desert. hey I didn’t know that I would use the praise I gained then.’
Because I didn’t know that I would end up in hell.
I never thought I would come to a crazy town with an annual average temperature of over 40 degrees.
I thought I just got a compliment and moved on.
I just thought it would be less dangerous in the desert.
But what if I came to hell?
There were no other honey options.
“How hot are you?”
“It’s okay Coke Kkeuhm!”
“Are you sweating?”
“It is tolerable.”
“Tsk. Weak guy.”
“….”
“Anyway, knights these days don’t have mental strength.”
“….”
Lloyd looked into his inside pocket.
“Is everyone okay?”
“kiss! room! under! tail!”
Little bells in the inside pocket, Hamang, and Kkomingi nodded their heads.
“Isn’t it hot?”
“kiss! room! under! tail!”
“are you okay? Still, Podong and Kkomingie look a bit hot, don’t they?”
“kiss! tail!”
also.
Unlike Bell and Hamangi, who have smooth bodies, Pudongi and Kkomingi, who have fluffy hair, showed a little trouble.
“Then let’s go out and stay. Kkoming?”
“Kkoming!”
“You eat this.”
“Komiming!”
I fed Kkomingi red sunflower seeds.
I climbed on the back of the grown-up guy with Xaviel.
Podong, who was panting in the heat, was placed on his shoulder.
“Then rise first!”
“Kkoming!”
soared high into the hellish sky.
When I climbed up to a high place and looked around, my vision was much clearer.
Thanks to that, I saw a place that could be used as a destination.
‘Is it over there?’
over the horizon.
There, a volcano of unusual shape was vaguely visible.
It is very different from the normal mountain.
If I had to compare it, it would be like a twisted twisted net.
Such a twisted mountain was bubbling with lava like scrambled eggs of shy chaos.
Seeing that, I suddenly remembered a passage of the scene of hell mentioned in Iron Blooded Knight.
‘Hell Castle, where the King of Hell resides, was said to be in the shape of a person struggling in pain. Did you say that the King of Hell reigns at the top and rules all the souls that have fallen into Hell?’
However, the pretzel mountain in the distance looked just like that.
So, the conclusion is one.
‘Here.’
There will be the King of Hell.
In addition, the spirit of the ancient dragon Enticus must be held there.
“Kkoming? Shall we fly over there?”
“Komiming! sorry!”
If you know the direction, just fly.
There is no need to walk away thinking that it is a needless adventure.
Thinking so, Lloyd encouraged Kkomingyi to flap his wings.
The sight of an unfamiliar hell swept underfoot.
one hour.
two hours.
three hours.
five hours.
and nine hours.
‘…I flew, but why didn’t I get any closer?’
After flying for almost half a day, Lloyd got the back goal.
A pretzel (?) mountain where the king of hell might be.
It didn’t come close at all.
It was the same no matter how much Kkomingyi flapped its wings and flew away.
It’s obviously flying over there.
The ground swishes down.
Oddly enough, I couldn’t close my distance with the pretzel mountain at all.
‘I’ll be thrilled.’
There is something.
There must be a reason why you can’t get close to that side.
But there was nowhere to guess.
Looking back at the contents of the novel Iron-Blooded Knight, it was the same.
No mention of this phenomenon came to mind.
It was a bit daunting.
But that was then.
‘hmm?’
Lloyd, who was looking around with a puzzled look, caught something in his field of vision.
He called Xaviel from the back seat.
“Hey Xaviel. Do you have better eyesight than me?”
“Perhaps.”
“Then do you see that over there?”
Lloyd’s hand pointed to a spot on the ground.
Xaviel furrowed her brow slightly and looked in that direction.
“I see. It’s like a person.”
“yes? By the way, is it true that the color of your skin is a little strange?”
“yes. You saw it correctly. You have blood red skin. In my head…It also seems to have horns.”
“horn?”
Lloyd tilted his head.
I didn’t see that.
Xaviel replied.
“I am sure. Horns are sprouting.”
“That means….”
“It must be Satan, the devil who lives in hell.”
“Exactly. bingo. I just realized the need to ask for directions.”
“Are you trying to approach Satan?”
“Of course. There’s a grand master here, so what’s so scary about Satan?”
Lloyd replied with a calm face.
And he immediately lowered Kkomingyi.
Towards Satan who can be seen in the distance.
It’s like a driver asking a passerby for directions after wandering around an unfamiliar crossroad on his first trip.
So naturally, I landed Kkoming near Satan.
“hey!”
Satan flinched at the sudden landing and call from this side.
Lloyd gave the hell resident a good-natured smile.
“If you don’t answer my questions properly from now on, will you be filial to your parents?”
“…!”
The eyes of Satan, who had heard the good words in the first meeting, were engulfed in anger.
